| Author/Contributor(s): | Wheeler, Quentin |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 06/22/2000 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
No question in theoretical biology has been more perennially controversial or perplexing than "What is a species?" Recent advances in phylogenetic theory have called into question traditional views of species and spawned many concepts that are currently competing for general acceptance. This book present sa debate among top systematic biology theorists on the strengths and weaknesses of five competing concepts.